Looks good Alan

 

I like it! Well done! :top:

 

Great looking...!!

 

Good kluge. I take it the lathe had a mechanical feed, or did the tail stock power that too?

And the rifle looks great. How does she shoot?

 

Yes it was mechanical feed, a 10", the motor went kaput, so the drill motor took over. As for shooting, with the peep, shooting 40 year old Swede GI ball, I was getting 2" groups at 50 yds, and hitting the 10" gong every time at 200. No formal grouping done yet. thanks, AC

 

Nice swede, my love affair with 6.5x55 also started about 25 years ago.

 

Yes that is cool. Joel Lee

 

That looks pretty good!

 

Hey GunScrew,

Oh Yeah!

That is a swell looking "Sporter"!

10" gong at 200 yds? You're set for hunting!

Later, Mark

 

msharley,
What's with the "Later" Mark ? ? ?
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Looks like a keeper, congratulations!

 

Beautiful Rifle. Got the Scope Mounted & Need to get "Him" Bore Sighted! Great Trade.
Thanx Dad! Merry Christmas to Me!
Found a Range near by & can't wait to Shoot Him.
Gonna Call Him "Mr. 7"
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Love the rifle Gunscrew. After all the reading from Finn Aagaard am a 6.5 fan myself. I was digging around in my stuff and found a 6.5 Carcano round. What a neat looking cartridge.

I have a gun similar to your concept. I have one of the Reming model 7s with a walnut stock and 18.5" barrel in 7-08. What a deer killer it has been. Short and lightweight at 7 pounds with a 2x7 scope on it.

 

Has your dream come through? Old post, would love to see how yours turns out! Regards, AC

 

I love it!!!

 

Now that looks great, and a fine caliber too.

 

Back about 20 yrs ago . I purchased a bubba M38 Swedish Mauser .. I had the barrel bobbed to 16.5 inches .. D&T , low mount safety installed .. Bolt cold bent useing blocks .. and Ram Line stock installed .. It was my hunting rifle for a few years .. ,with handloaded Hornady 160gr RN ... No Whitetail ran ove 20 yds after being struck.. I never recovered a bullet ...

I had illiness and was hospitalized.. Almost lost my house .. Sold 30 + firearms . The Swede was one of them ...

 

Very nice!!

 

My buddy and I shoot Vintage sniper with Sweeds at Camp Perry every summer, 10 shots at 300 and 10 shots at 600 yards, we have came in the top 20 out of 250 teams several times.

 

Beautiful work!

 

Resurrecting an old thread: Tanterak was speaking to weight, this is a 6.5 X 55 featherweight - 6 lbs, 8 ounces, almost exactly what my daughter weighed on her birth!

An earlier post had it put together and going to the range. She IS a shooter. Got her back from the finisher for manganese phosphate to Mil-Spec, and WOW! What a difference. This is going to be a keeper for sure. Mini 14 front sight, M16 early three prong, Williams Fool Proof, a RamLine stock, and ONLY 6 1/2 pounds empty!

Side story: I was an engineer on a ship and I brought the barreled receiver on board as a project. (we don't scrimshaw whale's teeth anymore) I was cutting the lightening tapers on the barrel and was making my final passes when the lathe's motor blew out. UGH! Taking it out of the lathe would make resetting it up way more difficult. I had the assistant engineer take a heavy duty electric drill with a large drill bit, wrap it with a Scotch Brite pad and jam it into the hole on the tail stock of the lathe. It worked! and I was able to finish the job in a couple of passes!

I've a 98 year old new gun!

AC

Earlier post: Project Swede, the Scout/Guide Carbine Project